The Last Gentleman

Chapter 242: Tide of Eyes

[Stone Statue Cemetery]

The form of “Eye Collector.Gemhar,” into which Little Grape had transformed, paced anxiously back and forth and stomped its foot among the stone houses,

The eye threads it had released reported back that the poor Marin Gentleman had been beheaded and killed, but they had successfully captured a rough overview of the situation at the Sunshine Hotel.

The special grape embedded in the gentleman’s eye socket transmitted a high-definition panoramic image of the lobby back to Little Grape.

Yi Chen was hanging from surgical thread on the ceiling, looking nearly dead, and his opponent was actually a gentleman corpse that had transcended the limit of man.

Whether it was range, destructive power, or precision, all reached a higher standard—anyone approaching the hotel would be sliced by the surgical thread and infected with the Death Plague effect.

“How could William have gotten mixed up with this kind of guy… How are we supposed to deal with this now? Once killed by the dead, even the soul will be extracted. By then, only an empty shell will remain, and it will be useless to take it back to the cemetery.

What can I possibly do? Although I’ve absorbed the essence of the Stone Statue Cemetery and can barely stabilize the ‘Eye Collector.Gemhar’ form, it is still not enough to confront that kind of guy head-on.

If I were to run over directly, I would very likely be killed on the way.

Should I do it or not?

The risk is too great; I might die from it, and I don’t want to become a rotten grape assembled from fish and shrimp!

But that William guy still has plenty of use, and his background is tied to another world, which might allow me to taste an entirely different kind of delicious grape!

Ah~ It’s such a tough decision! How about this, I’ll go to the hotel entrance and take a look. If I determine that William is already dead, I’ll just bolt. If I don’t need to carry the body, then escaping shouldn’t be a problem.”

Little Grape stepped into the center of the cemetery and drew an evil array passed down from “Eye Collector.Gemhar.”

As the array activated,

All the bodies buried in the Stone Statue Cemetery that hadn’t been taken away began to convulse,

All the eyes, whether fresh or rotten, bobbed up to the surface, rolling and congregating towards Little Grape’s position, as Little Grape’s own body began to split apart.

The robe fell,

Hundreds of crystal-clear grapes tumbled to the ground, joining the grapes gathering from around the cemetery to form an ‘eye-ball army.’

One of these eyes housed Little Grape’s essence, and moreover, he could transfer his consciousness through ‘eye contact’… as long as he wasn’t annihilated, he could escape successfully.

The army rolled out of the cemetery, marching neatly through the streets.

Wherever they went, the bodies scattered on the streets or those that had committed suicide in buildings all resonated and responded.

Grapes squeezed out of their eye sockets, plopping to the ground and rolling quickly, joining this special army.

Since the cemetery was about ten kilometers away from the Sunshine Hotel,

The journey saw the number of eyes grow more and more, even far surpassing Little Grape’s estimate.

Along the way, they even encountered some dead and gentlemen engaged in battle,

Both parties were horrified by the terrible ‘eye tide’ before them, even becoming immobile and mentally frozen under the many watching eyes.

Aft William’s body out. I just hope it’s not too late.”

With newfound confidence, Little Grape continued forward, and when only fifty meters from the hotel’s entrance remained,

Whoosh!

A slender silken thread suddenly lashed out from inside the hotel, slicing the row of eyes in front of him in half.

The sudden attack caught Little Grape off guard, and he hurriedly transferred his consciousness to an eye further back.

“The noise was too loud, was I discovered ahead of time? No, that’s not right, if I was discovered there should be a continuous string of attacks following. It seems like I simply unintentionally disturbed the fine lines of the hotel, could it be that… ”

As Little Grape focused his gaze at the hotel entrance, he immediately caught sight of two figures swaying.

“Hmm? Someone is fighting inside the hotel, and I was just accidentally impacted… Has the gentleman’s reinforcements arrived? Could it be Mr. Helvoye from Sunshine Hospital, the one who can confront that kind of guy head-on?

If that’s the case, then it’s much more convenient. Old Helvoye is not weak. If this Grape can assist from the side, it’s even possible to kill the dead and take the eyes of the Transcender.

Let’s do it!”

Little Grape once again changed the plan, activating the Eye Collector’s evil magic, congregating all the eyes into [Convergence], merging hundreds of essence eyeballs to reconstruct the physical body.

He continued to head to the hotel in the guise of ‘Eye Collector.Gemhar,’ preparing to provide effective support for Mr. Helvoye and suppress the dead.

When Little Grape reached the hotel entrance, the scene that met his eyes made him freeze again.

There was no Helvoye at all, nor any reinforcements.

Where Yi Chen’s body should have hung from the ceiling, there was nothing, and in the hall, there were two black figures moving at high speed, constantly colliding with each other.

One was the dead that Little Grape feared,

And the other was a familiar yet strange silver-haired youth,

“Lorrian?! Impossible, if it was Moon Scar, the only fate for the dead would be suppression, slaughter. Who is this person, and why is he wearing the same hairstyle as William?

It seems he is stepping on some kind of deadly liquid, his speed is so fast! He can actually keep up with the dead who transcend the limit.

And what’s the deal with that face covered in thick dust? It’s a bit similar to the makeup worn by corpses… Hmm, the distribution of the facial features seems somewhat similar to William’s, even exactly the same.

Wait, his weapon is also the same as William’s equipment?”

What’s stopping Little Grape from confirming it’s Yi Chen is the most fundamental thing—[Aura].

What he smells on the silver-haired youth is a strange and icy death aura, starkly different from that of the once warm companion.

“How come this guy’s combat mode is also similar to William’s?”

As Little Grape wondered, a familiar voice reached him directly:

“Little Grape! What are you dawdling for? Hurry up and come help me. I just need to borrow your eyes to capture the opponent’s movement.”

“William! How are you…”

Just then, a surgical thread swept toward Little Grape horizontally.

The Vice-Dean also immediately noticed this distinctive intruder and deduced that he was one of Yi Chen’s group.

en’s brain.

Unity in the gaze

Whir!

The vision instantly became extremely clear.

“Finally, I can see this guy’s movements and the fine line fluctuations…”